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Article #265: The Great London Restaurant Review

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The list includes some very modest can afford it, it will remain a unique
eateries where you will not spend a experience. Rules 35 Maiden Lane, WC2E
fortune but will still eat well. There 7LB (020 7836 5314) Price £49.00 Rules
are now so many restaurants in London, has been serving traditional British food
that this is just a cross section of for over 200 years and the decor reflects
those available but everybody should find this. To some it is elegant dining, to
something that will appeal to their others it is a bit like an Olde England
tastebuds and pockets. Michelin Star theme park either way it is a great way
Restaurants Le Gavroche 43 Upper Brook to sample some of the finest British
Street, W1K 7QR (020 7408 0881) Albert cuisine and that includes those glorious
and Michael Roux set the benchmark for English puddings. The only problem is you
Haute Cuisine for London restaurants many will need to have the wherewithal of at
years ago and son Michael Roux Jnr is now least a minor member of the aristocracy
doing the same. Elegant dining such as to pay for the meal. If you go to the
this does not come cheap, a minimum price Tate Modern to feed your artistic soul,
of £60 each, but with 2 Michelin stars you will have the choice of two fine
over the door you just know it is money restaurants. Tate Modern Restaurant:
well pent. Gordon Ramsay On Royal Level 7 7th Floor, Tate Modern, Sumner
Hospital Road 68 Royal Hospital Road, St, SE1 9TG (020 7401 5014 ) Whilst in
Chelsea, London, SW3 4HP (020 7352 4441) the Tate Modern, you should take the lift
Lunch Menu £40 7 Course Dinner Menu to the 7th floor where, if you can get a
£110 With a 2 month waiting list you window table, you will get some stunning
will have to plan ahead if you want to views of the river to accompany your
eat here and with three Michelin stars, stunning food which luckily is not named
you just know the food will be out of after any types of art. The cuisine is
this world. Any serious foodie would kill modern European and sourced from both
his own Mother to get a seat here to Britain and the continent. Views and
sample the French and Mediterranean foods this good do not come cheap so if
dishes. It is a credit to Gordon Ramsay you are on a modest budget, you might
that despite being listed in the top five like to try the cafe on the 2nd floor
restaurants in the world, the house wine where children are very well catered for.
is only £15 although the extensive wine If you are not too tired then try:-
list contains some fine wines at a lot Northbank One Paul's Walk, EC4V 2EH (020
more than that. Petrus The Berkeley, 7329 9299) Just a quick stroll across the
Wilton Place, Knightbridge, London, SW1X bridge and you will find this cathedral
7RL (020 7235 1200) Chef, Marcus Wareing to the finest provender the South-west of
has earned his two Michelin stars by England can supply, cooked to perfection.
serving up some of the finest French It doesn't come cheap but after such a
cuisine available and that includes in meal you will be more than happy to pay.
France. The restaurant, situated in the Summer visitors will enjoy the outdoors
Berkley Hotel a known haunt of the Queen, tables and if you get there sooner you
is named after one of the finest red will still be able to marvel at the
wines in the world. You can enjoy a 'Glass Gherkin' building. Don't forget to
bottle with your meal but with prices take a closer look at the wall paper, it
starting at over £300 and ending in a is a modern toile that reflects the City
wallet busting £12,300, you may wish to of London surroundings. Red Fort 77 Dean
try the house red at around £15 per Street, W1D 3SH (020 7437 2115) The
bottle, although this may be an insult to authentic cuisine of North India has made
the magnificent food. Locanda Locatelli 8 the Red Fort a focal point for the Indian
Seymour Street, London, W1H 7HT, (020 food afficionados. It is the exquisite
7935 9088) Although I have not eaten cuisine and stylish surroundings that
there yet, I must admit this is my have attracted the good and the great. A
favourite celebrity chef. He always comes definite must for any visitor but beware,
across a passionate believer in the you will never quite enjoy your own local
quality of his ingredients and the joy of take away again. Myung Ga 1 Kingly
cooking them. I am sure his two Michelin Street, W1B 5PA (020 7734 8220) This
stars are an understatement. If Italian Korean restaurant is a haven for basic
food is your passion this is the temple Korean food as the number of Koreans,
where you can worship it in. The amazing Chinese and Japanese eating there will
thing is that you can dine here for about demonstrate. This bustling restaurant
£30 each and you will find many good would be a great place for the novice to
wines at under £20 per bottle. Nobu be introduced to the tastes of Korea.
Metropolitan Hotel, 19 Old Park Lane, Wahaca 66 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HG
London, W1 Y4LB (020 7447 4747) This 2 Average Price: £50 This is a real
Michelin star restaurant was the haunt of Mexican restaurant that specialises in
both pop and movie stars where the street food with ingredients that are
tempura is sublime. Japanese cuisine is ethical and traceable. Authentic is the
always expensive so the £60 per person keyword so be prepared to be surprised if
will not phases the Japanese you are used to the usual old tex-mex
affictionados. Other Great Restaurants that has been touted around for years.
Texture 34 Portman Square, W1H 7BY (020 The sample menu is a good place to start,
7224 0028) The nearest tube is Marble just be careful of the freshly prepared
Arch but if you can afford to eat here hot sauces. Dining On A Budget Stockpot
you will not be travelling by public 18 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 4TN 273
transport. Dinner for two with wine and Kings Road, London, SW3 5EN 38 Panton
service costs around £150. Has a Street, London, SW1Y 4EA Opened in 1958
Champagne bar that is worth a visit. This this small chain of inexpensive
restaurant is the brainchild of Agnar restaurants are still providing the
Sverisson, the Icelandic former head chef capital with nourishing food at
at Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons, (Raymond affordable prices. The menu is simple
Blanc's flagship restaurant) and Xavier British and continental with generous
Rousset who was the Head sommelier there. portions. For those on a limited budget
One can only wonder at the day they both this cannot be topped. I have eaten at
decided to leave! The decor could be all these locations and can attest to the
described as Icelandic cool, the cuisine quality as does the number of people who
in the nouvelle style and the ingredients you will find eating there. Yo! Sushi
are the best. A great introduction is the MyHotel, 11-13 Bayley Street, Bedford
started menu which will give you a Square, WC1B 3HD also at Harrods, Harvey
pointer to your next visit. Don't leave Nichols, Selfridges and many other
it too long as a Michelin star or two places. A fun way to eat sushi that will
cannot be far away and you know what that not break the bank. As you sit, the
can do to the prices and the waiting different sushi goes around on a conveyor
list. Daphne's 112 Draycott Avenue, SW3 belt so you can help yourself from the
3AE (020 7589 4257) Price £48.00 Another cooked and raw dishes. A nice, if
Italian restaurant that has been favoured expensive twist is the water pump at each
by stars, particularly for the lunch time table. Rootmaster Old Truman Brewery,
crowd and why not, the food is excellent Brick Lane, E1 6QL If you are looking
and the service attentive without being around the City of London and want
over-bearing. At least it was when I ate something different then this is the
there a couple of years ago. It has a place for you, especially if you are a
novel open space that makes summer dining vegetarian and if you are not, then this
a real pleasure. Even though they take would be a great introduction to the
great pride in sourcing as much of their cuisine. The bonus is that you get to eat
produce from caring British producers, on one of what used to be, London
their risottos and pasta dishes are landmarks, a big red Routemaster Bus,
second to none and are complimented by a hence the name pun. Fantastic noodles and
fine selection of Italian wines. Cantina falafel made in the shape of burgers make
del Ponte 36C Shad Thames, Butler's this a truly unique eating experience.
Wharf, SE1 2YE Price £25 This is the Sticky Fingers' Cafe 1a Phillimore
cheaper version of Sir Terrance Conrans Gardens, Kensington, W8 7EG When Bill
restaurant La Ponte de la Tour, right on Wyman wasn't Rolling with the Stones he
the river, overlooking Tower Bridge with started this restaurant which serves
spectacular views of the river Thames burgers, ribs and tex-mex. The food must
which make it an excellent summer dining be good as it still going strong after
establishment. The menu is traditional many years. Situated in a side street off
Italian fare cooked to perfection. I had the High Street Kensington makes it a
a pizza which, having come from their perfect mid shopping break. Hard Rock
wood fired oven was just sublime and the Cafe 150 Old Park La, W1K 1QR, (020
Tiramisu to follow did not disappoint. 76290382) The daddy of them all, they set
The food is well complimented by an the standard for burgers in London long
extensive wine list. Bibendum Michelin before any of the chains opened up
House, 81 Fulham Road, SW3 6RD (020 7581 London. I would tell you when I first
5817) If seafood is your passion, this is went there but I am afraid I might show
the place for you. Opened by Sir Terrance my age. They have gone global but the
Conran twenty years ago in the old ethics are still the same, good food in
Michelin Tyre Depot, you will think you great surroundings and reasonable prices
are in Paris as you feast on superb fish and you can get the t-shirt. Pizza
dishes amid the splendour of the art deco Express Although the Pizza Express is a
features like the huge stained glass chain, you will not be disappointed by
windows. Before you ask, there are also the quality of the pizzas unless you only
some fine meat dishes that are also like yours made in the deep pan style
cooked to perfection. Lindsay House 21 because they only make the traditional
Romilly Street, W1D 5AF (020 7439 0450) thin crust style. They do have a
If you wish to dine like a Georgian selection of other dishes available as
English gentleman with an British menu well. Some of the restaurants have live
then you will do no better than Lindsay jazz so you can make an evening of it.
House where Richard Corrigan, a rising TV You are now ready to venture out and
star, serves a wonderful menu sourced sample the culinary delights of London,
from the best providers. Pigs trotters or whether it is a fine British menu or
smoked eel salad served in a genteel 18th something from further afield and you
century drawing room may have you won't necessarily need a bank balance the
thinking that you will be able to get a size of Fort Knox to enjoy them. The top
sedan chair home. The 21st century will restaurants, especially those with
hit you at the end when the espresso is Michelin stars, may need to be pre-booked
served at nearly £5 per cup which would so it may be advisable to check before
make even the aristocracy reach for their you travel, it would be so disappointing
smelling salts. That said, for those who to miss them.






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